Most annoying mispronunciation

stoneill wrote: »

When people say ginger but really mean ginger.

Fantastic, funniest thing I have read tonight.

here's another one. my niece has learning difficulties so when she was learning her words for school one day she says "cat" as she was looking at a picture of a cat. next was "dog" as she was looking at a picture of a dog next was "house" as she was looking at a picture of a house, next was "car" as she was looking at a picture of a car...... so next there was a picture of a motor bike to which my niece shouts out "scrambler":pac:

that was the funniest thing ive heard in years

for those of u who dont get it scrambler is slang for small motorbikes that the young lads would be tearin around the streets on around these parts here in waterford.

Axed instead of asked.......

The King of Moo wrote: »

Sarcasm doesn't work in text-only environments, and especially not in threads with plenty of unironic pedantry.

That's funny.

using "preggers" for pregnant >_>

LordSutch wrote: »

Heard somebody on Radio Nova the other day talking about the winner of a blue ribbon event!

I suspect he meant 'Blue Riband' event?

I'm sorry, that's not a question.

LordSutch wrote: »

Sorry Mr MOO.

May I ask, when people pronounce 'Blue Ribbon' event, do they mean Blue Riband event?

That's a question.

Yes you may ask, and yes they do. The mistake is due to the strong similarity between the sounds of the two words and the fact that "ribbon" is a much more common word, as well as the fact that the words are synonymous.

foxy06 wrote: »

when people say 'you will get 'drowneded' in that rain' pronouncing it with an extra 'ed'

That's a great bit of Hiberno-English. It really softens the word. How harsh would it sound to say "You'll get drowned in that rain?" I think it's often a matter of choice/effect, as opposed to a mispronunciation.

The Barefoot Pizza Thief wrote: »

I don't like when people are saying Proven and pronounce it: PRO-ven.

Would you put the emphasis on the second syllable?

Will the yoonens keep the buses out? Anawes, wats a 9 about et? The world ad be a worra boren playass if we awl talked de sayam.

Deleted User wrote: »

One for the grammar Nazis, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22512744

I'm a promising pedant! Hooray! Damn you Hilary!

One that gets me is when people say something along the lines of:
"That's the most stupidest ..."
"It was the most crappiest ..."

Instead of saying most stupid or stupidest they use both.

The way Supernanny pronounces 'acceptable' with a soft 'c' instead of a hard one. She says 'a-septable' God it drives me round the bend.